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Quote from: Joel_Stewart on April 21, 2009, 12:07:29 PMThats a good point about Medalist but Normans tinkering tore all of them out after a few years? I haven't played there in maybe 5 years but it seems that they now have grass face, not sod walls and the course has taken on a whole new look.Joel - The same change was made to the bunkers at Cherokee Plantation in South Carolina. The sod walls were crumbling with every rain storm and constantly needing to be rebuilt. The grassed over faces have effectively the same playing characteristics but require considerably less effort to maintain.
Thats a good point about Medalist but Normans tinkering tore all of them out after a few years? I haven't played there in maybe 5 years but it seems that they now have grass face, not sod walls and the course has taken on a whole new look.
To me a revetted bunker is a) a thing of beauty and b) a formidable punishment.
Quote from: Joel_Stewart on April 18, 2009, 07:52:18 PMAfter seeing the bunkers built on the new course course in Germany I'll bump this thread.Why aren't these used in America and how difficult is it to be constructed and maintained?Joel, It's my undertanding that the sod walled bunker faces are usually rebuilt every 5-6 years or so because they weather and that they erode...
After seeing the bunkers built on the new course course in Germany I'll bump this thread.Why aren't these used in America and how difficult is it to be constructed and maintained?